1. Sustainable Development through Knowledge and Innovation
International Conference on Sustainable Clean Ganga Mission Iqbal Hasan, Sr. Tech. Director, NIC The way Ahead, 4th  Dec 2015 at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi. 

2. Sustainable Development
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

3. Sustainability: 3 Pillars
Environmental
Economic
Social

5. Ganga Origination
The River Ganga has been the cradle of Indian civilization, economy and social life.
Ganga originates from the confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, after traversing 2525 Kms,it falls into the Bay of Bengal.
The Ganges ranks as the fifth most polluted river of the world. Pollution threatens not only humans, but also more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered Ganges river dolphin, Golden Mahseer.

7. Ganga Pollution Threats
The amount of toxins, chemicals and other dangerous bacteria found in the river are now almost 3000 times over the limit suggested by the WHO
More than 420 million people who rely on it for food, water, bathing and agriculture, The diagram depicts the various pollutants and its sources which pollute river Ganga.

10. Sustainability: Problems
Depletion of finite resources
fuels, soils, minerals and species
Over use of renewable resources
forests, fish, wildlife, fertility and public funds
Pollution
air, water, soil
Inequity
economic, political, social and gender
Species loss
- endangered species and spaces

11. How to win Sustainability?

14. Solution: Cyclical material use Safe reliable energy
emulate natural cycles, 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle)
Safe reliable energy
conservation, renewable energy, substitution and interim measures
Life based interests
health, creativity, communication, appreciation, learning, intellectual and spiritual development

15. materials and energy

16. Obsolescent “frontier” civilization:
HEAT
ENERGY
NON-RENEWABLE
and RENEWABLE
HIGH
THROUGHPUT
WASTE &
TOXINS
MATERIALS
One-way flow of materials and energy

17. Sustainable civilization:
Energy Efficiency
Low-quality
Heat Energy
ENERGY
LOW
THROUGHPUT
RENEWABLE
CONSERVER
SOCIETY
Low-volume
Nontoxic
Waste
Materials
MATERIALS
Waste Minimization
Toxics control
Cyclical flows of materials
Appropriate energy usage

18. information and decision making

19. NON-PARTICIPATORY FRAGMENTED ECONOMY ENV’T SOCIETY TRADITIONAL
DECISION MAKING

20. ECOSYSTEM-BASED DECISION MAKING
ECONOMY
ENV’T
SOCIETY
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
‘ECO-
SYSTEM
HEALTH’
ENVIRONMENT
TRADITIONAL
DECISION MAKING
ECOSYSTEM-BASED
DECISION MAKING

21. ECOSYSTEM-BASED DECISION MAKING
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
‘ECO-
SYSTEM
HEALTH’
PARTICIPATORY
INTEGRATED
ENVIRONMENT
ECOSYSTEM-BASED
DECISION MAKING

22. Fragmented decision-making
private
other
interests
public
community
groups
federal /
national
ISSUE
municipal
provincial /
state
regional

23. Integrated decision-making
private
other
interests
public
community
groups
ISSUE
federal/
national
municipal
provincial/
state
regional

24. SDKI Approach

25. SDKI – Vision and Mission
“To achieve Sustainable Development through emancipation of knowledge and optimum adoption of suitable ICT driven Innovations, methods, technologies and tools pertaining to every socioeconomic sectors of growth for all-round development of the country and humanity.”
Mission:
To bring in prosperity in human life by leveraging the country’s economy to greater height by tapping our rich potential in education and skills, energy, earth sciences, environment, health, industries and Information Communication Technologies through knowledge and innovation based Sustainable Development etc.

27. SDKI for Clean Ganga
To identify the stake holders in Ganga life Cycle Establish autonomous working groups, inter linking of various interest groups Link the Clean Ganga Mission with CSR and Clean India Mission Active mobilisation of youth and children in driving the mission Extensive use of Satellite, GSM, Communication and Information Technology tools To link Clean Ganga Mission with livelihood, removing the fear, psychosis

28. SDKI for Clean Ganga
Sugar, Pulp and Paper, Chemical Industries are the major industrial sectors responsible for the water pollution (NMCG survey).
SDKI will Use Digital platform, innovative ways, R&D for the reduction of discharge from sugar and other industries.
Interact with religious persons/organisations as stakeholder, they are most effective in Indian setup who can promote the cause of Clean Ganga.
The STPs are there for more than 20 years and are not sufficient. More rigorous monitoring is required, here SDKI can play an important role in being more innovative rather than procedural.
An exclusive Nirmal Ganga portal will be created where all the stakeholder (Govts, Industry, R&D, Academia, Youth, farmers and common public) will meet on a single platform.